ADHD More Prevalent Among Medicaid-Eligible Adults With Autism Than The General Medicaid Population

Among a sample of Medicaid-enrolled adults, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was more common among those with autism than among adults in the general population. The highest ADHD rate, 40.2%, was among those with autism and intellectual disability. The next highest rate, 26.7%, was among those with autism alone. Among those with intellectual disability alone, 19.0% had ADHD. Among the general adult Medicaid population, about 2.7% had ADHD.

Among those with ADHD, about 26.6% had received a prescription for a medication to treat ADHD symptoms. Among the general population with ADHD, the prescription rate . . .